ARCATA &GT;&GT; They may be young, but you can't say the Pacific Union Financial Capitalists aren't talented.

Pacific Union's roster full of future Division I ballplayers was on display at the Arcata Ball Park Tuesday night, as the Bay Area-based Capitalists opened their series against the Humboldt Crabs with a 6-5 win.

"Outside of the Seattle Studs, they might be the best team we've seen this year," Humboldt Crabs manager Tyson Fisher said of the Capitalists. "They're really, really good players. They play with a lot of energy, a lot of drive."

The Caps' offense, which finished with 11 hits in the game, jumped on Crabs starter Justin Hatch right from the get-go.

The right-hander from College of the Redwoods allowed four runs on four hits while only recording one out in the first inning before Fisher went to the bullpen. The Capitalists sent nine hitters to the plate in the top of the first to take a 4-0 lead over the Crabs.

"I think our series we just played down in Santa Barbara over the weekend against the Foresters helped us because they had a bunch of premium arms," Capitalists manager Mike Zirelli said. "Nothing against the pitcher who started (for the Crabs) tonight, but (the Foresters) were throwing 88 to 93 MPH, and that was huge for our guys to face."

The Crabs, however, cut the visitors' lead to 4-3 in the bottom half of the first inning.

First baseman Alex Crosby drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single up the middle. Then, after catcher Morgan McCasland struck out, second baseman Brandon Hunley and left fielder Beau Bozett each brought in a run with a double to left-center and a single to center, respectively.

After Humboldt tied the game at 4 — when designated hitter AB Blanchet drew a bases-loaded walk against Pacific Union starter Jeff Bain in the third — the home squad took the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Kyle Moses scored after Crosby grounded into a 6-4-3 double play.

The Crabs were able to get back into the game thanks in large part to their bullpen, which recorded all but one out in Tuesday night's game. Lefty Zach Settles, who replaced Hatch in the first, allowed just one hit over 3 2/3 innings out of the bullpen. Casey Rodriguez threw the next three innings, then righty Mack Meyer and left-hander JD Doran threw one apiece in the eighth and ninth.

"Settles was great. They all were," Fisher said when asked about his bullpen's performance. "Our bullpen was outstanding once again for us."

But when they needed to tack on more to their lead, the Crabs weren't able to.

Humboldt stranded 10 runners in the game, including leaving the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth as they looked to add to their 5-4 lead.

"We had opportunities, we just couldn't get over the hump," Fisher said. "Hitting with runners on base, that's been our Achilles all season. You have to hit in those kinds of situations."

And leaving the door open allowed the Caps to take the lead.

Thanks to a trio of infield errors, the Crabs surrendered their only lead of the game in the top of the sixth when the Capitalists scored a pair of unearned runs against Rodriguez. Left fielder Chad Bible tied the game at 5 when he smashed a double off the wall in right, and then came around to score the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Hunley.

Right-hander Colton Hock, who will pitch at Stanford next season, picked up the win in relief. The Pennsylvania native was the only pitcher to come out of the Pacific Union bullpen, finishing with 10 strikeouts and walking just one batter while allowing seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.

"That's the best he's been all summer," Zirelli said. "He struggled a little bit at the beginning of the season, so we moved him into the bullpen about a week ago. He's been a totally different pitcher since then."